Issue 17, 2008

Study of the photoelectron and electron momentum spectra of cyclopentene using benchmark Dyson orbital theories

Abstract

A complete study of the valence electronic structure and related electronic excitation properties of cyclopentene in its Cs ground state geometry is presented. Ionization spectra obtained from this compound by means of photoelectron spectroscopy (He I and He II) and electron momentum spectroscopy have been analyzed in details up to electron binding energies of 30 eV using one-particle Green’s function (1p-GF) theory along with the outer-valence (OVGF) and the third-order algebraic diagrammatic construction [ADC(3)] schemes. The employed geometries derive from DFT/B3LYP calculations in conjunction with the aug-cc-pVTZ basis set, and closely approach the structures inferred from experiments employing microwave spectroscopy or electron diffraction in the gas phase. The 1p-GF/ADC(3) calculations indicate that the orbital picture of ionization breaks down at electron binding energies larger than ∼17 eV in the inner-valence region, and that the outer-valence 7a′ orbital is also subject to a significant dispersion of the ionization intensity over shake-up states. This study confirms further the rule that OVGF pole strengths smaller than 0.85 foretell a breakdown of the orbital picture of ionization at the ADC(3) level. Spherically averaged (e, 2e) electron momentum distributions at an electron impact energy of 1200 eV that were experimentally inferred from an angular analysis of EMS intensities have been interpreted by comparison with accurate simulations employing ADC(3) Dyson orbitals. Very significant discrepancies were observed with momentum distributions obtained from several outer-valence ionization bands using standard Kohn–Sham orbitals.

Graphical abstract: Study of the photoelectron and electron momentum spectra of cyclopentene using benchmark Dyson orbital theories

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
03 Dec 2007
Accepted
14 Feb 2008
First published
12 Mar 2008

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008,10, 2374-2389

Study of the photoelectron and electron momentum spectra of cyclopentene using benchmark Dyson orbital theories

Y. R. Huang, C. G. Ning, J. K. Deng and M. S. Deleuze, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008, 10, 2374 DOI: 10.1039/B718588J

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